Buster Phelps

Buster Phelps

Born: November 5, 1926
Died: January 10, 1983
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Movies for Buster Phelps...

Tomorrow Is Forever
Title: Tomorrow Is Forever
Character: Fraternity Boy
Released: February 20, 1946
Type: Movie
In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.
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The Wagons Roll at Night
Title: The Wagons Roll at Night
Character: Boy (uncredited)
Released: April 25, 1941
Type: Movie
An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with Nick's sister, Mary, causing tension between Matt and Nick. The latter must also juggle his stormy relationship with glamorous circus star Flo Lorraine.
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The Howards of Virginia
Title: The Howards of Virginia
Character: Thomas Jefferson at 11
Released: September 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against England. Matt will meet Jane's father in the battlefield.
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The Blue Bird
Title: The Blue Bird
Character: Boy Inventor
Released: January 15, 1940
Type: Movie
An ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a wonderland, tasked with finding the mythical blue bird of happiness, meeting friends and foes along the way.
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Big Town Czar
Title: Big Town Czar
Character: Boy
Released: May 3, 1939
Type: Movie
When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart Susan Warren. His younger brother Danny quits college and forces Phil to make him part of the gang. The overly-ambitious Danny fixes a prize-fight on which rival gang-leader Mike Luger loses heavily and, thinking that Phil has double-crossed him, sends gunmen out to kill Phil. They kill Danny instead and the frightened Phil flees to a country hideout. His chief lieutenant, Sid Travis, sets a trap for Phil when he returns.
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Girl Loves Boy
Title: Girl Loves Boy
Character: Ned McCarthy
Released: March 27, 1937
Type: Movie
Bob Conrad is the playboy son of town squire Charles Conrad. Much against his dad's wishes, Bob falls in love with Dorothy McCarthy, the daughter of penniless widow Mrs. McCarthy. At the insistence of his dad, Bob weds Sally Lace. Dorothy's broken heart is mended however, when it turns out that Sally's divorce from her previous husband was never finalized.
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Libeled Lady
Title: Libeled Lady
Character: Waif (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1936
Type: Movie
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
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Too Many Parents
Title: Too Many Parents
Character: Clinton Meadows
Released: March 19, 1936
Type: Movie
Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother parents or guardians. Lonely young Philip Stewart writes himself letters his father should be writing. When his hoax is discovered, Philip attempts suicide.
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I Live My Life
Title: I Live My Life
Character: Child at Christmas Party (Uncredited)
Released: October 4, 1935
Type: Movie
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
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Anna Karenina
Title: Anna Karenina
Released: August 30, 1935
Type: Movie
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
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Strange Wives
Title: Strange Wives
Character: Twin
Released: November 30, 1934
Type: Movie
When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.
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Now and Forever
Title: Now and Forever
Character: Little Boy With Skates (uncredited)
Released: August 31, 1934
Type: Movie
Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility, but Toni yearns for a family and a settled life. Then the Days 'rediscover' Jerry's young daughter Pennie, who has been living with his rich deceased wife's family. Pennie appears to be just what Jerry needs to mend his swindling ways and lead a straight life. Then a corruptible influence enters his life.
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Little Men
Title: Little Men
Character: Dick
Released: January 1, 1934
Type: Movie
The former Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for homeless boys. One of the boys, Nat, invites Dan, a street kid, to come to the school, where the boys are all loved and well cared for. Dan is a young tough, but his heart is good, and when he is accused of theft at the school, Jo continues to believe in him and that the true thief will be found out.
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Broken Dreams
Title: Broken Dreams
Character: Billy Morley
Released: October 19, 1933
Type: Movie
Medical intern Robert Morley is distraught after his wife dies in childbirth. He's resentful of his new son and wants nothing to do with him. He leaves the child with his aunt and uncle and heads off to Europe to pursue his medical studies. Morley returns to his hometown six years later, now a successful doctor and engaged to be married to a beautiful socialite. He also feels differently about the boy and attempts to gain custody from his aunt and uncle.
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Night Flight
Title: Night Flight
Character: Sick Child
Released: October 6, 1933
Type: Movie
Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.
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One Man's Journey
Title: One Man's Journey
Character: Jimmy Watt - Age 6
Released: August 31, 1933
Type: Movie
Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his son Jimmy as well as Letty, a baby whose mother has died in childbirth and whose father blames Watt and abandons the child. Watt dreams of returning to do research studies, but always something gets in the way: an epidemic, his children's needs, or the needs of his generally ungrateful patients. Only with the passing years does he come to find that his future isn't over and his past isn't quite the failure he believed.
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Laughing at Life
Title: Laughing at Life
Character: Young Pat 'Denny' McHale
Released: July 12, 1933
Type: Movie
Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities and an American detective named Mason. His globe hopping escape leads him finally to South America, where he is hired to organize a band of revolutionaries, unaware that they plan to eliminate him when his job is done. Here, also, he encounters his own son, on track to waste his own life in pursuits similar to Easter's.
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The World Gone Mad
Title: The World Gone Mad
Character: Ralph Henderson
Released: April 15, 1933
Type: Movie
A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud.
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Sailor's Luck
Title: Sailor's Luck
Character: Elmer Brown Jr.
Released: March 17, 1933
Type: Movie
U.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan, on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent She promises to wait for him when he ships out to San Francisco, but Jimmy becomes jealous and tells her off when he learns Sally has entered a marathon dance contest sponsored by a lecherous snake named Baron Portola. Along with several of his Navy pals, Jimmy goes to the ballroom the night of the dance marathon, to try to change Sally's mind and win her back.
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Handle with Care
Title: Handle with Care
Character: Tommy
Released: December 25, 1932
Type: Movie
Bill Gordon (James Dunn), whose lot-in-life is rising, falls in love with Helen Barlow (Boots Mallory), who is raising two cute motherless children who nearly wreck her romance when they can't understand why grown-ups kiss...and other complications.
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Little Orphan Annie
Title: Little Orphan Annie
Character: Mickey
Released: November 4, 1932
Type: Movie
Millionaire Daddy Warbucks goes bust in the Great Depression and is forced to abandon his adopted daughter, Annie. While he's out west working on another fortune, Annie finds an orphaned boy on the streets and helps him find a home.
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Three on a Match
Title: Three on a Match
Character: Robert Kirkwood Jr. (uncredited)
Released: October 29, 1932
Type: Movie
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
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Scandal for Sale
Title: Scandal for Sale
Character: Bobby Strong
Released: April 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.
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A Fool's Advice
Title: A Fool's Advice
Character: Buster the Kid
Released: February 20, 1932
Type: Movie
An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.
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Left Over Ladies
Title: Left Over Ladies
Character: Buddy
Released: September 30, 1931
Type: Movie
Two married couples are involved in divorce proceedings; Patricia and Ronny, who are still in love with each other, and Jerry and Amy who couldn't care less for each other. Patricia's friendship with "Duchess," a tragic, aging lady well versed in making mistakes, leads her and Ronny to the avoidance of a mistake.
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The Hot Spot
Title: The Hot Spot
Character: Baby
Released: September 14, 1931
Type: Movie
In order to capture a murderer, a reporter has his obnoxious brother-in-law confess to the crime.